Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-15
POPULAR SCIENCE,
Description of Practical Discoveries Con
dense for Practical Readers.


donsed for Practical Readers.
a curious account OF 8 Chinese anas.
thetic is given in Novels Remedies
tApriI, p. 1861. It appears tlst Dr.. ",
Lambuth mentions in his third annual re-
port of the SOOChOw hospital an expert
meGt made, at the suggestion of . Chinese
doctor, with this preparation. a cub
stance resembling wax, out harder and
semj-trauspsrent, in the form OF 3 tablet,
WAS cut iuto small pieces sud digested in
water for tHenty-foIr hours, together
with Z small white, woody e1crescence.
IRE liquid was then found by DR.. Lam
buth 10 possess Weli-marked armsthetic
properties. i was found that
tongue Tas produced, ana that the finger
immerst d IN the solution for some min
Utca could .1sn be pvickad with = needle
without any pain Being felt. The tablet
was described as being the lace ct the
eyes OF frog. 1. IVES probably the sub
sfsEce obtained by the Chinese by placing
9 frog IL e isr containing -four and iTrI-
tatirg the aa.mal, When IT eXuGes liquid
which forms paste with the d}ur. This
Is then dried and made into cakes bear
ing some resemblance 20 button lac. If
the GCwsthetiG property DE cue 10 the
frogs eXcIetior, a-d rot 20 the white,
woody eXCresCnCe above mtEt.oued, the
fact suggests the possibility Ct the sui,Eai
using the secretion 10 GesdeG the pain 10
which it nigh. be subjected by Us enc
mics.
4 new electric light without the en-
plOymen. Of dynamo electric machines, Is
described ia the Citizen lL2ndODl TIE
system Is known IS the upward battery,
ard the plant is Of the simplest dasCriO-
tioG, occupying 8 small recess in the Gel
Isr about GXJ feet Tire management o.
tins battery merely consists ii turning OF
q couple OK tePs and winding gp , c.Och
cree in tTenty-f0Ur hours, "A operation
which is certainly II the scope Of the
capacity. The battery then
works on automatically end silently, gen
ersung and storing electricity CJntinU-
Cus.y CAV and night. The upward bat
terry differs entirely from all other
primary batteries, and possesses rome Of
their Disadvantages. i. consists IF car
bon plates and zinc cylinders, placed in
e2rJheuWaTe cells, tbs zinc being con
sImed il shout SIX months by the acjOn
Of Chlorine gaS. the gas made by cd
hitting hydrocElori3 acid to en- eGrtheD
pan containing manganese, sufficient
quGati-y being made in two hours TO sup
ply tie battery for tHcutY-f3ur hours,
sad is stored Ia ordinary drain pipes.
The plant Is Inexpensive, battery jill
Guiding gss rstor5 and acid jacs, gas
holaCTs, primary cells, accumulat0rs and
apparatus, for charging the
batteries-being supplied Tor
about S27J.
Nj. G0rnem Gray writes OF the project
Of the telephone communication between
this country and Europe; "TelephOniug
through wire being only and simply
q wave OF reproduction, similar to an air
wave or sound, or l might say Wsve OF
the ocean, is perfectly Practicsl for g.
600, 0Cu niles, and in fact more so under
water than aerial, for Disturbances al
mOspheric do not occur under water, nor
do disturbances occur st depth below
given sounding distarce below the sur
face Of the water, as tue water st that
deplh IS at rest. The small steel wire
which l already have used for four years
u sler water is perfect rePTOducer, and
will reproduce g, 000. 900 miles far better
than the 100 miles now so long in service,
and giving clear reproduction of CONVEX
saticn, and without anyt induction what
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